Articles: Awakening Vampires

Articles dealing with the problems and issues newly awakened and teen vamps face: school, work, parents, coping with awakening, how to enter the vampiric community without looking like a fool, and more.

Most self-identified real vampires awaken sometime during their teen years, although there are some who awaken earlier, but also some who awaken in their twenties, thirties, or even later; some vampires never awaken or self-identify. This section of the Articles Library is part of what was originally the Teen Vampire section, and will contain mostly articles for teens, or for a teenage point-of-view. However, I am expanding the section to more readily include information relevant to other age brackets as well. So if you’re older, please don’t feel patronized or unrepresented. This section is a work-in-progress and will continue to develop as time goes by.

A practically classic quote: “I am turning 17 in a month, and I find it is very hard to find a donor because people either think that you are some stupid child or that you are too young. Too young? It’s not really our choice that we were awakened, especially not at this time when so much is going on. It’s yet another thing to add to the list of teenage problems!” — Anonymous

My Vampirism(2/19/2015)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Crimson I am a vampire. I have said those words to only two people in my life, and when faced with telling my parents, I was fully unable. What am I supposed to say? There’s enough fear here to be shared around. The first thing that comes to mind is the gothic look, the pale skin, the tendencies toward video games and other things that will convince my parents, those people who “always … Continue reading →

Articles: Awakening Vampires(2/15/2015)-Print/PDF FriendlyArticles dealing with the problems and issues newly awakened and teen vamps face: school, work, parents, coping with awakening, how to enter the vampiric community without looking like a fool, and more. Most self-identified real vampires awaken sometime during their teen years, although there are some who awaken earlier, but also some who awaken in their twenties, thirties, or even later; some vampires never awaken or self-identify. This section of the Articles Library is … Continue reading →

Handbook: Coming Out(2/14/2015)-Print/PDF FriendlyNewer items will be marked with and will not necessarily appear at the top of the page. Last updated: 18 January, 2005. [Editor’s Note: Due to the transitory nature of the Internet, links may have been updated or changed from their original text when they were posted, but effort has been made to link to the same or a similar product or information.] Confiding or Confessing? by Lord Donald Vladescu More than a few … Continue reading →

Handbook: Sundry Advice for Newly Awakened Vampires(2/14/2015)-Print/PDF FriendlyNewer items will be marked with and will not necessarily appear at the top of the page. Page last updated: November 11, 2014. [Editor’s Note: Due to the transitory nature of the Internet, links may have been updated or changed from their original text when they were posted, but effort has been made to link to the same or a similar product or information.] Advice on the problems and issues newly awakened and teen … Continue reading →

Handbook: The Newly Awakened(2/14/2015)-Print/PDF FriendlyNewer items will be marked with and will not necessarily appear at the top of the page. Page last updated: November 11, 2014 Advice on the problems and issues teen vamps face: school, parents, coping with awakening, how to enter the vampiric community without looking like a fool, and more. A practically classic quote: “I am turning 17 in a month, and I find it is very hard to find a donor because people … Continue reading →

Wearing Sunglasses in School(11/13/2008)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Day Okay, so the florescent lights are getting to you, the huge friggin’ windows (carefully placed on the east and west sides of the building) are kneading your eyeballs into playdough, and you just want to wear some sunglasses. But there’s a problem. In that little student handbook (perhaps in the front of your agenda?) it says that only prescription sunglasses are allowed. That’s so not fair. Well, for your information, you possibly … Continue reading →

Psi-Shielding & Problems(11/13/2007)-Print/PDF FriendlyFrom Shadow_Raver [At the time of this writing] I am 19 years of age and have been a hybrid [psi and sang combo] since the age of six and have been very lucky in that six of my immediate family are sang, psi, or hybrid vampires and were available to help me through my Awakening. This article is not so much focused on the problems, but to provide some possible solutions that “new” vampires … Continue reading →

Nine Considerations for a Fledgling Vampire(8/30/2007)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Ascian Whatever you are, and whatever choices you make, I fully support your right to make them, to express yourself, to join the “community”, to call yourself whatever you will (as if my, or anyone else’s, support matters in the least). From here forward, though, I will be talking to you as if you are indeed what you think you are — a vampire: a human who must live as a parasite, taking … Continue reading →

Confusion; or, Am I a Vampire?(6/6/2007)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Cynsanity Originally posted to the Vampire Community Message Board on February 6, 2007. A lot of times, young people come to these boards and ask THE QUESTION: “Am I a vampire?!”. Most of these persons seem to be confused about changes they have been noticing in themselves, changes others told them that they perceived, an intense fascination with vampires resp. vampirism, and numerous other things. Despite the fact that the policy/philosophy of the … Continue reading →

Journaling(11/12/2006)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Sanguinarius Article last checked/updated: November 12, 2014 [Sangi’s Note: Due to the transitory nature of the Internet, links may have been updated or changed from their original text when they were posted, but effort has been made to link to the same or a similar product or information.] A journal can serve as your confidant when you feel alone, and it will never condemn or reject you (kind of like a teddy bear … Continue reading →

So You’ve Found Out You’re a Vampire…(11/13/2005)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Angelus Cretus Deus (Originally posted to the Vampiric Community Message Board on 2004-01-05.) “…Now what?”, you may be asking. Well, first off, you’re going to need to get a few basic concepts down. 1.) Discretion. I cannot stress this point enough. I know many new vampires have an urge to tell people, or to flaunt it in some way to make it obvious to other people they’re different. This doesn’t make you stupid; … Continue reading →

Being Discreet About Being a Vampire(5/13/2005)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Haley (spaztic_child_13@hotmail.com) Something that all awakening vampires should know is that they should ONLY tell those with an open mind. I learned this the hard way. And they also need to not be scared to admit what they are to themselves. It’s all right to talk to really close and open minded friends about awakening. I did and found out one of my friends was awakening as well and two other ones are … Continue reading →

Entering the Community Properly(12/11/2004)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Jarryd (Originally posted to the Vampiric Community Message Board on 11 July, 2004.) Too many times I’ve seen people make introduction posts on message boards, enter chatrooms and ask questions through emails in the worst way possible to start off a “relationship” with the online community. And most of the time this is done by newbie vamps or people questioning their vampirism. So I’ve decided to write this little guide for all you … Continue reading →

Hanging in There(11/12/2004)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Anonymous While I’ve been a vampire for a little while myself, I have not been able to tell anyone except two of my very close friends. High school is an extremely hard place to be open about who you are because of gossip and all of the people in it. I don’t worry about what people think about me, but it does kind of itch when you hear what people are saying about … Continue reading →

Dealing with Others’ Reactions(12/12/2003)-Print/PDF FriendlyOn September 15, 2003, I posted a message on the Vampiric Community Message (& Support) Board asking teen and school-aged vampires a number of questions about being outed and dealing with the reactions of friends and family. I let them know ahead of time that I might use their responses in this section. I have included a selection of responses which I feel might give other teen vampires ideas for coping strategies. Responses have … Continue reading →

The Surprises Awakening Brings (for ‘blood vamps’)(5/17/2003)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Sari This is a stage all blood vamps go through (and I’m pretty sure psi-vamps do, too), and it’s sorta like puberty — except that you have blood desires, not sex desires. When I recently went through my awakening, I discovered it was HELL. Insomnia, being unable to be in light without pain or discomfort, and the constant desire to suck your friends’ blood were just a few of the things that changed. … Continue reading →

Ethics for the Recently Awakened Vampire(4/12/2003)-Print/PDF FriendlyBy Pyewacket A list of things that all ‘blood vampires’ should keep in mind, specifically those having to deal with both vampirism and High School. Thanks to Obsidean and sarasvati for contributing. 1.) Being a vampire does not give me an excuse to act superior to non-vamps. 2.) I will be patient with anyone new to vampirism and not give them faulty information. 3.) People do stupid things when they’re young: I will not … Continue reading →

As some of you may have already noticed, there has been a major update to the Otherkin Directory. In all honesty, the old plugin we had been using to power the directory finally crapped itself beyond my ability to repair. So I set out in search of a … Continue reading →

In our communities, as otherkin and therians and vampires, much of our interaction takes place online. To the point that the vampire community has even coined the phrase OVC, or, “Online Vampire Community” to refer to that portion of things. This document, however, is about taking our community off the … Continue reading →

The other day I was browsing some occult blogs and came across an article by Nick Farrell which suggested that one must have a teacher from an existing occult school in order to do more than “play at magic”. This is a fairly common belief among the members of … Continue reading →

As someone who is both pagan and otherkin, synchronicity is a big thing for me. Sometimes it’s fairly subtle, like a sudden urge to investigate a strange word that I’ve run across that leads me to an entirely new community which becomes a very important part of my life. Most … Continue reading →

By Tim ‘The time has come,’ the walrus said, ‘to talk of many things: of shoes and ships – and sealing wax – of cabbages and kings.’ Lewis Carroll (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898) There are always a … Continue reading →

Presented by Tim Over the course of the last two decades we have been delivered non-fiction literature on the subject of vampyrism, the great bulk of it studying and re-studying the archetypes and the legends that gave birth to the … Continue reading →

Presented by Tim Dissertatio de solutione huius civitatis Good evening, Welcome to 2016. For some weeks I have been mulling over how to write this first Crossroads article for this year, mulling over not only how to write it … Continue reading →

Good evening, Welcome to Real Vampire Life E-Zine for 2016. It is with a sense of renewed purpose, with anticipation and with an approach, as always, of a neutral stance that we come to you, dear reader, to provide once … Continue reading →

Presented by Tim Good evening, We hope that you had a great Christmas in 2015 and that you have had a safe and peaceful beginning to 2016. In this, RVL’s sixth year, we will be continuing the work that we … Continue reading →

Following Lunah Valur Eir’s shock resignation from House Valur and from her position as Praetor to the Regent of the SAVA some weeks after announcing the closure of Coven d’Eir, a new successor has been appointed to the position of Praetor. Seraphim Valur Nereza, also of the late Coven d’Eir and previously serving as Secretary […]

Most in the South African Vampyre community who have done a little research into the history will know that this community’s recorded history began in May 2010 with the foundation of House Valur. Most will know that the community only began growing and taking form with the founding of the South African Vampyre Alliance (SAVA) in June […]

An article posted on SAVN on 1 April entitled “Amy Mah To Succeed Octarine Valur” by Kay Valkir was an April Fool’s Day prank. We trust that the article in question will be seen as such. To clarify, Lady Octarine Valur has no intention at this time of stepping down as Regent of the SAVA… […]

It was announced late yesterday by the Regent of the SAVA, Lady Octarine Valur, that she would be stepping down in favor of Lady Amelia Mah who would be assuming full control of the South African Vampyre Alliance as well as all its associated groups, sub-organizations and online resources. As Regent, Lady Mah – who […]

Vampire Community News (VCN) – November 2016 In Review Title Hoarders November 2, 2016 https://onlinevampirecommunityfacebook.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/title-hoarders/ United States Of Vampires – U.S. Presidential Election 2016 November 2, 2016 http://merticus.com/vampirenews/2016/11/02/united-states-of-vampires-presidential-election-2016/ Some Random Notes For People Who Are Sincerely Wondering If They Are … Continue reading →

Vampire Community News (VCN) – October 2016 In Review Well, I Like The Idea Of Community – Pagans, Vampires And Pagany Vampires – Amador Vampyre October 3, 2016 https://amadorvampyre.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/well-i-like-the-idea-of-community-pagans-vampires-and-pagany-vampires/ Getting To The Heart Of The Matter… – Kinesia October 5, … Continue reading →

Vampire Community News (VCN) will continue to operate a monthly recap of articles with syndication via Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr through December 31, 2016. Without the materialization of a MORE CONSISTENT support network it’s unlikely we’ll continue making the daily … Continue reading →